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HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I respect your judgment and share your love of precedent, but given what you have said, and given that the House has already voted a…21 Oct 2019HANSARDService Personnel: Recruitment and Retention4. What steps his Department is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain service personnel.21 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementI strongly support the deal. Is it not the case that, whatever the Government, we in this Parliament will be able to strengthen workers’ rights without recourse to an external…19 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseHas my right hon. Friend seen my early-day motion 2769, which points out a major flaw in the Sexual Offences Act 2003? [That this House notes the ease with which registered sex…17 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsIn Harlow, we have already seen the NHS Brexit dividend, with a brand new hospital. The people of Harlow will feel that those who vote against this excellent deal really just want…03 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital Projects8. What progress he has made on the allocation of capital funding for new NHS hospital projects.01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the hundreds of millions of pounds pledged for a new hospital for Harlow will mean not only that we have a building fit for purpose for the…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Health Infrastructure PlanI, alongside my wonderful right hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest (Dame Eleanor Laing) and my hon. Friend the Member for Hertford and Stortford (Mr Prisk), have been…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookI thank my right hon. Friend for what he is doing, but my constituents have lost their jobs. The directors go back to their £1 million-plus houses, having taken £47 million in…25 Sept 2019HANSARDChildren with Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesAround 100 children in Harlow are without an education today as the Aspire Academy, run by TBAP, has closed yet again. Despite numerous meetings with Ministers and the academies…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingMy hon. Friend is a brilliant constituency MP. I talk to him a lot about these matters, and he has just hit the nail on the head. Population growth is crucial. The money should…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingI thank my hon. Friend very much for what he has said and for his commitment to visit the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Just to be clear, will he confirm that there will be a…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingIt is a huge pleasure to see you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in the Chair this evening, not just because you are my constituency neighbour as the Member for Epping Forest, but because…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingOf course. It is impossible not to give way to the hon. Gentleman—my hon. Friend, I should say.04 Sept 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ3. Will my right hon. Friend confirm that when we leave the European Union on 31 October, we will no longer be subjected to EU rules on VAT on our energy bills, costing Harlow…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Department of Health and Social Care: Treasury FundingI thank my hon. Friend. He has attended every debate I have secured on the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. That shows that there is not just support across Essex and…04 Sept 2019HANSARD Education FundingI strongly welcome this spending settlement. We should celebrate it, not denigrate it. It is incredibly important. The Education Committee did some work on school funding. My…03 Sept 2019HANSARD G7 SummitMy constituents, 68% of whom voted to leave, are incredibly dismayed about what they see as shenanigans in Westminster to try to stop Brexit. Does my right hon. Friend agree that…03 Sept 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentWe in Harlow are optimistic, too—optimistic that the Prime Minister will cut the cost of living for working people and invest in skills and apprenticeships—but we are particularly…25 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn Saturday, I met impassioned climate change activists Cliff Kendall and Donna Tyrelli. Cliff Kendall is on hunger strike to protect the environment. They suggest that the…25 Jul 2019